[XPERIA X1 ROM Development] Khaled_Chebat:
Feedback #2 - Valkyrie Firestorm 5.4.23517 LEO ROM (Jan 7 Update)

(For the 5.4.28014 LEO II ROM feedback check this post)

Best performance

so far with the new Windows Mobile 6.5.x UI :D

I have flashed the 5.4.23517 LEO ROM and was able to successfully:

UI

:

Set HTC Sense UI as default Today Home Screen

Switch between Portrait and Landscape

Use all tabs including Weather, Stocks, Twitter, Music, Photos, and Documents

Dialer

:

Make outgoing and Receive incoming calls

HW Keyboard

:

Use Hardware keyboard including numeric and symbol inputs

SW Keyboard

:

Use Software keyboard (Both Touch and Symbols)

Wireless

:

Create Wi-Fi entries and connect including hidden networks and ones with security keys

Bluetooth

:

Setup Bluetooth headset and use it

Marketplace

:

Setup (and Update) Marketplace

Install apps from Marketplace (Bing)

MyPhone

:

Use MyPhone to synchronize my SMS Messages and Internet Favorites

Email

:

Setup Outlook Exchange account and synchronize using ActiveSync over USB PC connection

Setup a POP/SMTP email account and synchronize

Setup a Hotmail account and synchronize (Email only, did not sync accounts)

Social Networking

:

Connect to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter using the Settings\Connections\Account Manager (i.e. HTC Social Networks engine)

Update my Accounts with Facebook information using the built-in Facebook integration

SMS

:

Out-of-the-box the ROM uses the standard Windows Mobile SMS interface and disables the Manila one. It works fine - except from within the HTC Manila Contacts UI (Clicking on Send Message inside HTC Manila Contact information does not work)

Installed latest Valkyrie LEO SMS v2.02 (

Do NOT use v2.0

) and HTC Messaging is working fine!

Internet

:

Browse the Internet using Opera Mobile 10 Beta

Increased number of bookmarks in Internet Tab (See attached)

Camera

:

Use Camera with both Xperia (Camera button) and HTC UI

Broken and fixed

:

IE is not functional (error when launching): Fixed using this CAB from post by Agent_47 (Tip from post by 85362)

Voice Recorder seems to be broken in ROM: Check this post for a fix or use download link below.

Customizations

:

Action Screen

: Installed and associated with Home left softkey, then fixed Alarm by pointing it to Klaxon using a registry edit (See download link below)

Clock

: Changed back to White instead of Black. I like the Home page Black Clock but it extends to the Clocks page where it no longer shows the day vs. night properly. Originally, under Clocks, clocks would show in White for Day and Black for Night times. I installed Valkyrie's White Clock for Manila 2.5 and it is working (so far ;)) - so use at own risk :rolleyes:

Long Press of Send key

: Associated with Task Manager (Credit to Agent_47 in this post - I have cleared the steps in the attachment :p)

Volume Key

: after installing Set Volume (see Addtional Applications below), copy its link to \Windows\Startup folder to have it automatically start at boot and you'll have your volume replacement (screenshot attached and detailed steps in this post) ;)

Additional Applications

: (Download links at end of post)

Google Maps 3.3.1 (ROM comes with 3.2.1 version)

hTorch (Use Camera flash as Torch light)

MOBIDIV Multilingual Support 3.0 (Arabic support)

MyMobiler (Use phone from PC desktop. It generated the screenshots attached)

Office Mobile 2010 Beta

SafeInboxExtender (Adds "Mark All As Read" to email, etc.)

Showcase Suite (Simple Task Manager with finger friendly UI) - Automatically associated with Long (long :)) Press of Windows Start Key.

I changed the following default values:

Disabled the default Vibration on tap of Windows soft keys using the Registry:

under "HKCU\Software\e-Natives Technology\Showcase", set the 2 values "SUITE_VibrateHold" and "SUITE_VibrateTap" to Zero (0)

Set the default tap on X Button to terminate process, with Tap and Hold to minimize:

under "HKCU\Software\e-Natives Technology\Showcase", set the value "SUITE_CloseOnTap" to One (1)

Skyfire web browser

Skype

SetVolume 0.8.0 (Check this post for the detailed steps)

Jury still out on this

: ;)

- Battery life: After 12 hours night run (No Calls, No WiFi, No Bluetooth, No background Updates, 3 missed calls, no outgoing calls, 1 Alarm) -- Down to 82%

- Power charging (Currently charged using PC USB connection)

- Long term stability: 1 hang (not responsive) in 1 day when using email client to read a large Hotmail email over WiFi.

Links to Downloadables

:

Fix - Internet Explorer

Fix - Voice Recorder CAB Installation

Action Screen CAB Installation File

How To - Set Manila Home screen Left Softkey to Action Screen

How To - Change Action Screen

How To - Increase number of bookmarks on Manila Internet Tab

How To - Set Long Send key to Task Manager

Google Maps 3.3.1 - Download Page

hTorch - Application Page

MOBIDIV Multilingual Support (Arabic language support) - Check this post for a download link (I only use the light version for UI support)

MyMobiler - Home Page

Office Mobile 2010 Beta - from Windows Marketplace (Someone posted a direct download link in this post, but did not test it)

SafeInboxExtender - CAB setup file

Showcase Shuite - Application Page

Skyfire web browser - from Windows Marketplace (Or go directly to Product site)

Skype - Product Site

SetVolume 0.8.0 - Application Page

Links to Screenshots

:

Image #1 - HTC Sense UI Default Screen (Black Clock)

Image #2 - HTC Sense UI Default Screen (White Clock)

Image #3 - HTC Sense Clock Screen (White Clock with fixed day/night coloring)

Image #4 - SMS Messaging - Windows Mobile All Messages

Image #5 - SMS Messaging - Windows Mobile New Message

Image #6 - SMS Messaging - Manila All Messages

Image #7 - SMS Messaging - Manila New Message

Image #8 - Set Volume

Image #9 - Set Volume Settings

Image #10 - Action Screen

Image #11 - Action Screen selected item

Image #12 - Showcase (Attached)